Development and test of 60 kV coaxial fast rising pulse source

Based on ceramic pulse capacitors and high press gas switch, a 60 kV coaxial fast rising pulse source was developed. A foil capacitive divider and a resistive divider were developed for measuring the output voltage of the fast rising pulse source. The test result indicats that the rising time of the output voltage of the pulse source is less than 2.3 ns and the pulse width is about 28 ns with a 50 W dummy load. This result agrees with the newest EMP standard of IEC.